解构“二元对立”——《牧牛传说》中安德鲁的混杂身份认同

Deconstruction of Dualism—Andrew’s Hybrid Identity in Oxherding Tale

摘要: 身份问题一直是备受多数作家关注的文学母题之一。查尔斯•约翰逊是现当代美籍非裔作家，在其作品中尤其关注身份、种族及自由等主题。为了打破传统黑奴叙事模式，约翰逊提出了“黑人哲理小说”的概念。发表于1982年的《牧牛传说》就是一部典型代表。这部小说主要围绕主人公安德鲁•霍金斯从奴役到自由的旅程展开，揭露了黑人在多重文化冲击下所面临的身份困境。本文以此为出发点，探讨主人公安德鲁如何打破“二元对立”文化观念，实现混杂身份认同，最终摆脱身份危机。

Abstract: Identity has been a motif drawing much attention of most writers. Charles Johnson, a contempo-rary Afro-American writer, lays emphasis on the theme of identity, race, liberation and other themes. Bearing the intention of breaking conventional stylized slave-narrative, Charles Johnson coins the conception what he calls “philosophical black fiction”. Oxherding Tale, Johnson’s second novel published in 1982, is a typical “philosophical black fiction”, which unfolds the journey from slavery to freedom of the protagonist, Andrew Hawkins, and exposes the identity crisis faced by Afro-Americans in the multiple cultures. Taking this as a point of departure, this paper is to explore how Andrew gets rid of racial dilemma by deconstructing the mind of dualism finally identifies his hybrid identity.